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Mill’s Legacy 150 Years Later

Michael Cook Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. mercatornet.com Liberalism is broken. This is a big kick-sand-in-my-face claim. And extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Canada’s embrace of euthanasia supplies that evidence. Let’s unpack this. First, what is “liberalism”? Its meaning shifts

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Sporting Success and Academic Success

Sporting Success and Academic Success

Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. alwynpoole.substack.

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New Zealand Must Start Creating Sponge Cities

Timothy Welch University of Auckland theconversation.com Tune into news from about any part of the planet, and there will likely be a headline about extreme weather. While these stories will be specific to the location, they all tend to include the amplifying effects of climate change. This includes the

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‘Youtube of Porn’ Kicked in the Testicles

Ben Terangi Ben Terangi is a freelance journalist writing from Milwaukee. mercatornet.com Sex trafficking platform Pornhub has been dealt a major blow over the last year, with age verification laws sailing through multiple state legislatures, in some cases unanimously. As a result, the sleazy site has seen its traffic

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How I Managed to Get Facts Published in USA Today

How I Managed to Get Facts Published in USA Today

Pierre Kory Dr. Pierre Kory is a Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist, Teacher/Researcher. He is also the President and Chief Medical Officer of the non-profit organization Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance whose mission is to develop the most effective, evidence/expertise-based COVID-19 treatment protocols. brownstone.org The original

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‘Chippy Taxkins’ Doesn’t Roll off the Tongue

‘Chippy Taxkins’ Doesn’t Roll off the Tongue

Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz NOT THE SAME. Following the trend set by the nickname “Taxinda” for former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a local nickname aficionado has attempted to coin a similar moniker for current Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. However, the results have been less than stellar. Meet Nick Namar, a

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How Labour’s Tax Cut Will Do Little but Benefit the Rich
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How Labour’s Tax Cut Will Do Little but Benefit the Rich

Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. democracyproject.nz Who would profit most from Labour’s GST-exemption policy? It won’t be those struggling with the cost of living – the average shopper is

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It Is Time to Choose
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It Is Time to Choose

Phil Green In the dizzying world of New Zild politics, there’s enough to be going on to give us political tragics a nosebleed. Leftist commentator Chris Trotter has written an article for Insight which ascribes him to be in the NZ First camp, as well as saying the same

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NZ Doctor’s Appeal Won

NZ Doctor’s Appeal Won

NZDSOS The decision from Judge Kevin Kelly of the Wellington District Court, released last week, has seen Dr Alison Goodwin’s January 2022 suspension by the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) reversed. The case, filed on 9 Feb 2022, was heard 16 months later on 28 Jun 2023. The

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Why Working from Home Isn’t Working

Why Working from Home Isn’t Working

Peter Jacobsen Peter Jacobsen is a Writing Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org Zoom recently announced they are calling some workers back to the office. The company’s new policy requires close workers to return to the office at least two days per week. This announcement is

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Malta Pro-lifers Successfully Protect the Unborn
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Malta Pro-lifers Successfully Protect the Unborn

Right To Life News righttolife.org.uk The Right To Life News team has spoken to a number of the pro-life campaigners involved with the campaign, as well as conducting its own research to produce this article that provides a full account of this pro-life victory. June 2022 – The Prudente

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Woke Is Alive, Well and (Still) Crushing Free Speech

Woke Is Alive, Well and (Still) Crushing Free Speech

Christian Toto newsbusters.org Conservatives are cheering the Bud Light blowback and the success of Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” and “Sound of Freedom.” The three pop culture “victories” suggest woke is on the run. Not so fast. The last few days have seen a woke

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The Crime and the Cover-up

J.W. Rich J.W. Rich is an economics student and writer in Charlotte, North Carolina. mises.org How do you cover up an atomic bomb? The same way you cover up anything else: you don’t allow people to know what really happened. Of course, the magnitude and power

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GM Crops Can Solve Malnutrition and Poverty

Vijay Raj Jayaraj Vijay Jayaraj is a Research Associate at the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, VA and a contributor to CFACT. He holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia, UK, and resides in India. cfact.org Here in Bengaluru, India, where I live, the

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When the Balloon Goes Up

Steven Tucker Steven Tucker is a UK-based writer with over ten books to his name. His next, Hitler’s & Stalin’s Misuse of Science, comparing the woke pseudoscience of today to the totalitarian pseudoscience of the past, will be published in summer 2023. mercatornet.com Have you ever seen

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